GAMING PC FOR 1250

[Cookie_Munster1]

hello i currently have a pc which i will be selling to my brother and it has all my stuff and i was wondering is there any way to back it up and then erase everything on the hdd?

i need to buy a pc under 1200, i will be getting nzxt h440 orange, corsair fans 3 of them, asus sabertooth mark 1, corsair dominator plantinum, i will plasti dip the top part of the ram and the fan rings, or is there something else you recommend me? also a corsair h105 is necessary, i will also plasti dip the ring on that too.

[OriginalPromise]

Yeah? You can always mirror your current HDD to another HDD.

If the data on the HDD is "sensitive", than I recommend formatting it at least 5 times. (Or better yet, keep that HDD and buy him a new one)

[Cookie_Munster1]

You could just clone your hard drive to the new one and then format your old drive.

 

how would you that? and would the windows also copy? im going to get windows 8.1

[Cookie_Munster1]

Yeah? You can always mirror your current HDD to another HDD.

If the data on the HDD is "sensitive", than I recommend formatting it at least 5 times. (Or better yet, keep that HDD and buy him a new one)

that sounds easier but i want to get a ssd as well for my windows.

do you know a good build 

[OriginalPromise]

that sounds easier but i want to get a ssd as well for my windows.

do you know a good build 

You can edit your post asking other people to build a $1250 on PCPartPicker.

Just keep your current drive (unless it's getting old) and add an SSD.

HDDs tend to be more unreliable after aging so just replace both the one in yours and your brother's PC.

And SSDs as a boot drive really just cost around $70.

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[Cookie_Munster1]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421302,00.asp

 

You literally copy the whole content of the drive over to your new one.

thanks